The Northfield City Council has published a draft of its 2010 strategic directions and goals. One of the sub-goals:
“1.2.4 Consider including social media as part of communications plans.”
A few days ago I got a tweet from colleague Len Witt and the crew at the Center for Sustainable Journalism about a new report from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania called:
The “Friday Memo,” written by Northfield City Administrator Joel Walinski and various department heads and other City staff, summarizes the staff and department activities for the week. The Friday memos…
City of Northfield workers opened a bypass at the Ames Mill Dam this morning, lowering the level of the Cannon River by two feet. Police Chief Mark Taylor indicated…
The Planning Commission will NOT be holding a public hearing on the proposed revisions to the City’s flood plain ordinance at their meeting tonight; the item has been pulled from…
From Tim Isom, Emergency Management Director, City of Northfield:
Greetings,
This is a reminder that today, Thursday, April 22, 2010 is Tornado Drill day. Listed below is information and schedule as it pertains to today’s events.
The boys from Cannon River Tree Care took down the 11 trees on 4th St. between Division and Washington this morning, marking the start of the 4th St. reconstruction…
Last night, the City Council selected these five locations as their preference for a new police facility. See pages 20–41 of the Council packet: Northedge Auto Site Cowles Property/Riverside Drive…
In December, former Northfield City Councilor David DeLong asked Northfield Hospital for the names of the finalists in its search for a new CEO/president. It turned into a bit of…
I woke up from my nap to the smell of smoke yesterday afternoon. A crew hired by the City of Northfield was doing a controlled burn of Hidden Valley Park. (The park is surrounded on three sides by the units of the Valley Pond Townhome Association where Robbie and I live.)
See the album of 16 photos (8 fire, 8 post-fire), the large slideshow, or this small slideshow: